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Alan Suderman Associated Press Published 7:18 AM EST Feb 7, 2019 Richmond, Va. – With Virginia’s top three elected officials engulfed in scandal, fellow Democrats were rendered practically speechless, uncertain of how to thread their way through racial and sexual allegations and their tangled political implications. Gov. Ralph Northam’s career was already hanging by a thread over a racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook when a woman publicly accused the lieutenant governor of sexual assault, and then the attorney general admitted that he, too, wore blackface once as a teenager. Attorney General Mark Herring – in line to become governor if Northam and Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax resign – issued a statement acknowledging he wore brown makeup and a wig in 1980 to look like a rapper during a party when he was a 19-year-old student at the University of Virginia. Herring – who had previously called on Northam to resign and was planning to run … [Read more...] about Democrats speechless as scandal engulfs Virginia’s leaders

On Saturday evening, Jean-Eric Vergne became the fourth man to win the Formula E Championship, and the fourth ex-Formula 1 driver to do so. The Frenchman won three races over the season, taking victory in Santiago, Punta del Este and in Paris. A P5 finish in the first race in New York City was enough for him to become Champion with a round to spare. Straight after the race, Vergne did not even realise he had won the Championship, and was told over the radio that he had done it. “When I crossed the line, I honestly didn’t know I had won. My engineer told me, ‘I guess we have done it’, so I said, ‘what do you mean?’ Then [Andre] Lotterer went past me and clapped, so I knew something was up,” Vergne said. “When I found out I was speechless. I enjoyed the race, but obviously, it was very tough. Some drivers were quite hard and over-consumed energy to try and not let me by. It was actually really complicated, a real fight unlike in Zurich. … [Read more...] about Vergne on Formula E title: ‘I was speechless’

James Hawkins The Detroit News Published 4:10 p.m. UTC Jun 22, 2018 When Moritz Wagner made the move from Germany to Michigan, he made sure to bring his cherished poster of countryman Dirk Nowitzki. Now Wagner will be packing it up and taking it with him to Los Angeles after being selected with the No. 25 overall pick by the Lakers in Thursday’s NBA Draft at the Barclays Center. "It's a lot of hard work, a lot people that help you out to get to this point," Wagner said immediately after being drafted on the ESPN broadcast. "I'm so incredibly grateful to be here. I'm speechless, truly speechless." Wagner, who was projected to be a fringe first-round pick, became the ninth Wolverine to be selected in the NBA Draft since 2011 under coach John Beilein, joining Darius Morris (2011), Trey Burke (2013), Tim Hardaway Jr. (2013), Nik Stauskas (2014), Mitch McGary (2014), Glenn Robinson III (2014), Caris LeVert (2016) and D.J. Wilson (2017). … [Read more...] about ‘Speechless’: UM’s Wagner taken No. 25 by L.A. Lakers

Two years after seeing the chance of victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans disappear on the final lap thanks to a technical issue, Kazuki Nakajima was redeemed on Sunday as he took the chequered flag first aboard the #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing machine. The Japanese racer shared the car with two-time Formula 1 World Champion Fernando Alonso and Red Bull Racing-affiliated Sebastien Buemi, with the trio finishing two laps clear of the sister car of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez. Nakajima was on course to win back in 2016 alongside Buemi and Anthony Davidson only for the car to fail on him as he exited the final turn heading onto what would be the final lap, gifting the victory to the Porsche LMP1 Team, leaving the Japanese driver heartbroken. But with redemption on Sunday in the twice-around-the-clock endurance race, Nakajima admitted he was ‘almost speechless’ that he was able to help give the Japanese marquee their first ever Le Mans victory, and the … [Read more...] about Kazuki Nakajima ‘Almost Speechless’ after Clinching Toyota’s Le Mans Victory

Mahindra Scorpio is an extremely popular SUV in the Indian market. There are many modified examples of the SUV available in the Indian market but this modification is rather an unusual one. Here are the dancing Scorpio and a speechless cop in the video. What is happening here? The “Dancing Scorpio” seen in the video seems to be showing off skills in front of a UP Police vehicle with the cop standing in front of him. The modified Scorpio is jumping on the front wheels continuously giving an impression of dancing. It is something similar to what we see in many modified cars in the USA but it is a rare sight in India. The Scorpio seen in the video is not a regular one. It has been modified to make it jump. It features hydraulic attached to the front suspension that is controlled through a pump. The pump controls the hydraulics on the shock absorbers making the SUV jump continuously. The pump can be activated from inside the vehicle and it can give an impression that the … [Read more...] about ‘Dancing’ Mahindra Scorpio in front of SPEECHLESS cop [Video]